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North Queen & Nova

North Queen St & Nova Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Etobicoke City Centre · Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore

North Queen & Nova, in Etobicoke City Centre, is an above-average intersection for traffic. Nearby is 4 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
14,491
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 14, 2021
307 pedestrians · 1 cyclists
Collisions
112
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
20 with an injury · 76 property damage · #986 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1218 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,810 vehicles, 1.57× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 47 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 11 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 3.6× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 16%, from 61 in 2016–2020 to 51 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 112 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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North Queen & Nova

Getting here

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
1238015 nearest 24 m
Blue Night
315
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — North Queen St at Nova Rd
Regional
MiWay 4 North Service Road at The West Mall at the Queensway648 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (2)
  • St Ambrose Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • Lanor Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
Parks (1)
  • Bisset Park822 m
Places of interest
  • CF Sherway GardensLandmark · 471 m
Signal
1927, activated 2002 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 10 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 93. The nearest is McDonald's, 81 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés10 within 300 m · 93 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 8 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
McDonald's · 195 North Queen St81 mPassed, Jul 2026
Jimmy John's Sandwiches · 197 North Queen St Bldg-C127 mPassed, May 2026
Pokeworks · 197 North Queen St127 mPassed, Aug 2026
Pur & Simple · 181 North Queen St Unit-1162 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Earls Kitchen + Bar · 199 North Queen St187 mPassed, Jul 2026
Paris Baguette · 171 North Queen St Unit-G2204 mPassed, Mar 2026
Picasso Nails & Beauty Spa · 171 North Queen St Unit-G4204 mPassed, Feb 2026
Fresh Rolls Thai & Vietnamese Fusion Cuisine · 1830 the Queensway Unit-1251 mPassed, Aug 2026

Every establishment Toronto Public Health inspects under DineSafe, screened by name to leave out kitchens inside schools, care homes and offices. A conditional pass means infractions had to be fixed by a follow-up visit, not that the premises is closed.

Washrooms & water

No City washroom within 1 km.

Park washrooms, washrooms in City buildings and automated street toilets, with hours and status as the City publishes them (park washrooms are seasonal). Malls, shops and TTC stations are not included.

Child care

One licensed child care centre within a kilometre offers 74 spaces; it does not accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Sunshine Kids (492 m, 74 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km1 centre · 74 spaces
Fee subsidynone
  • Sunshine Kids · 1 Westside Dr
    74 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age
    492 m

Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 432 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 22 Division (3.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 432 · 1 km155 the East Mall
Police22 Division · 3.7 km3699 Bloor Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 39 · 1 km155 the East Mall

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 135 rental units. The nearest is 620 Evans Ave (792 m, 25 units, 3 storeys, built 1970), which scored 71 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 5 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings3 · 135 units
RentSafeTO score87 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20265 across the 3
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest11 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
620 Evans Ave · 620 Evans253197071 · Jul 20260792 m
618 Evans Ave · Berkley Property Management Inc.253196796 · Nov 20250803 m
625 Evans Ave · CAPREIT LP8511196793 · Jul 20265882 m

The City's RentSafeTO register — rental apartment buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units — with the score from each building's latest City evaluation (out of 100; poor scores trigger a full audit). LTB orders are final Landlord and Tenant Board orders naming the address (Jan 2026 – Jun 2026); fire-code violations are open items in Toronto Fire Services' inspection data. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport. Condominiums and houses are not registered.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots334 lots · ≈82,620 spaces · 247.9 ha
Within 500 m23 lots · ≈11,530 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 98 m away, ≈223 spaces; 105 m away, ≈760 spaces; 121 m away, ≈528 spaces; 137 m away, ≈944 spaces; 163 m away, ≈336 spaces; 182 m away, ≈610 spaces.

Lot count and area from the City's topographic mapping of parking-lot footprints (every visible surface lot, public or private); spaces are estimated at one per 30 m² of lot. Lots not run by Green P are private, commercial or institutional and may be for customers or residents only. Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; rates are not shown because that list is stale — check Green P). EV chargers are City-operated only; on-street and underground parking are not included.

Traffic volume

The City's latest turning-movement count — 8-hour, Dec 14, 2021

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 5,310 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 37% of the total, against 2,196 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 2,399 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:00 p.m., against 919 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Trucks and buses were 5.2% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, not today's volume. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.

From the north5,310southbound · 0 bikes · 7.9% heavy
From the west2,196eastbound · 0 bikes · 1.0% heavy
Total vehicles14,491307 pedestrians · 1 cyclists · 5.2% heavy
From the east2,716westbound · 0 bikes · 1.8% heavy
From the south4,269northbound · 1 bikes · 6.1% heavy
AM peak hour919 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,399 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 14, 2021

Approach figures are vehicles entering the intersection from that leg over the whole count. A count is one day's traffic, not an annual average; the City recounts on an ad-hoc schedule.

How fast traffic moves here

Midblock speed counts on the intersection's streets, the nearest school-zone speed sign, and traffic calming

The City's most recent midblock count on North Queen St between Nova Rd and The Queensway (0 m away, Sep 2012) recorded volume only — about 9,333 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
North Queen St · Nova Rd – The Queensway · 0 mSep 2012 · 3 days9,333

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; the 85th-percentile speed is the figure engineers use — 85% of drivers were at or below it. Counts are ad hoc, so some are years old. A midblock reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data.

All police-reported collisions

Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025

The worst year was 2019, with 16 collisions; 2025 recorded 6. 20 collisions (18%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 18 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 16% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 16, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions112#986 of 5,508
With an injury20#872 of 4,660
Property damage only76
Fail to remain18
Involving a pedestrian2#1903 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2178 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified16
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 2014130latest May 16, 2026

Source: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data — every collision reported to police since 2014, within 65 m of this node. Records through Jun 30, 2026.

Killed or seriously injured

Collisions in which someone died or was seriously injured, within 65 m, 2016–2025 — the basis of the danger rankings

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on May 11, 2022.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1218 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest May 11, 2022

KSI = killed or seriously injured. A collision is counted if its recorded location is within 65 m of this intersection's centreline node, whether the police coded it as intersection-related or mid-block. Records can lag a year or more, so the current year is excluded from rankings.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

38 thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 6.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 8 in 2023–2025, about 2.7 a year, against 4.4 a year before that. 79% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle3880street/outdoor (30), commercial premises (7)
Bicycle theft100street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 4, 2025. Police offset every occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing, so these are thefts on the streets and premises around this node, not necessarily at the corner itself. Other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see Etobicoke City Centre.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is North Queen & Nova a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1218 of 1,505), out of 112 reported collisions of any severity. High counts usually track high traffic volume rather than a design flaw; volume is shown alongside so the numbers can be read in context.

How busy is North Queen & Nova?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Dec 14, 2021, 1.57× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near North Queen & Nova?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 334 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 82,620 spaces — 23 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to North Queen & Nova by transit?

Bus routes 123, 80, 15 within 1 km (nearest stop: North Queen St at Nova Rd, 24 m); MiWay route 4 North Service Road at The West Mall at the Queensway.

What restaurants are near North Queen & Nova?

10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 93 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are McDonald's (81 m), Jimmy John's Sandwiches (127 m), Pokeworks (127 m), Pur & Simple (162 m) and Earls Kitchen + Bar (187 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near North Queen & Nova?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 74 spaces in total; it does not accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Sunshine Kids (492 m, 74 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near North Queen & Nova?

Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 135 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 620 Evans Ave (792 m, 25 units, RentSafeTO score 71), 618 Evans Ave (803 m, 25 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 625 Evans Ave (882 m, 85 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 87 out of 100. Condos and houses are not on the City's register. Each building's full record — score history, LTB orders, fire-code inspections, permits — is on LandlordReport.

How many thefts are reported at North Queen & Nova?

Toronto Police place 38 thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025. Police offset every reported occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing it, so the count covers the streets, driveways and parking around this corner rather than the corner itself. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Etobicoke City Centre page.

What neighbourhood is North Queen & Nova in?

North Queen & Nova is in Etobicoke City Centre (City of Toronto neighbourhood 159). It is in Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, represented by Councillor Amber Morley.

Sources

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